Kim's votes on the list The Book Bucket "Top 10 Books" Challenge Compilation

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1	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 771,354 ratings "Pretty much my all time favourite novel." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 1,043,419 ratings "Everytime I see a production, I'm struck again by Shakespeare's brilliance." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,307,510 ratings "The first grown up novel I can remember reading. Althought at age eight I was almost certainly too young for it." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Henry Handel Richardson 4.17 avg rating — 375 ratings "A book that made kept me reading all night and made me cry." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.25 avg rating — 714,510 ratings "At age 13, a novel I could not put down. Plus, my mother gave it to me to read because it was one of her favourites." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,401,305 ratings "My first experience of a dystopia and one of the best opening lines in all of literature." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,828,347 ratings "A source of inspiration to lawyers everywhere." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.03 avg rating — 989,107 ratings "The reason I love John Steinbeck." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Arcadia by Tom Stoppard 4.13 avg rating — 24,057 ratings "A perfect play written by my favourite playwright." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 840,358 ratings "It allowed me to see Paris through Hugo's eyes." Kim rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Riku (new)

Sep 03, 2014 09:36AM

3 female authors in the list. that is rare. Aubrey would be happy to see this.

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message 2: by Kim (last edited Sep 04, 2014 04:41AM) (new)

Sep 04, 2014 04:39AM

Riku wrote: "3 female authors in the list. that is rare. Aubrey would be happy to see this."

Not three, Riku, but five: Austen, Brontë, du Maurier, Lee and Richardson (whose real name was Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). At the time I voted I didn't realise my vote was split down the middle in terms of gender. I suspect that if I voted for another ten books, even more of them would be written by women.

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message 3: by Riku (new)

Sep 04, 2014 06:58AM

Kim wrote: "Riku wrote: "3 female authors in the list. that is rare. Aubrey would be happy to see this."

Not three, Riku, but five: Austen, Brontë, du Maurier, Lee and Richardson (whose real name was Ethel Fl..."

I didn't notice Lee and didnt know Richardson. Sorry. But that is just great - a perfectly balanced list!

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